Natalia Hicks

Views are my own.

[Trudo Lemmens @TrudoLemmens]

“MAID expansion advocates have wrongly appropriated the abortion debate” commentary w @igrantubc on distorted invoking of Canada’s history around abortion by DwD Daphne Gilbert; a desperate attempt to skew democratic process via Senate https://t.co/PDK9mSx8mx via @thehilltimes

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

@kurtgoddard Thanks for always giving me credit for my contributions! I respect that about you.

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

This is particularly tactless when our governments require a gender dysphoria diagnosis to access gender-affirming healthcare.

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

This morning, Senators @StanKutcher @SenatorWallin @SenatriceMegie hosted a press conference. They, being a minority, argued that Canada is “ready” for MAiD for mental illness. While I disagree with them, I am infuriated by their use of pinkwashing so will focus on that🧵

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

State-endorse, state-sponsored assisted suicide in a coercive climate, where people are under-valued, under-supported, and left to fend for themselves is cruel. Leave me, and my communities out of it.

[Inclusion Canada @InclusionCA]

"Canada’s plan to expand (MAiD) for those with mental illnesses is a profound and dangerous shift in our societal values, one that risks reinforcing deep-seated ableist beliefs and attitudes. We must never go down this path." @kurtgoddard

https://t.co/wwRLLD3Fmv

[Inclusion Canada @InclusionCA]

Important stats about MAiD in Canada - from 2022 - the first full year that assisted suicide was made available to suffering people with disabilities. Parliamentarians are debating “readiness” for MAiD for mental illness. Read carefully. This is our current reality.

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

"Students with an intellectual disability face the same problems I do, but they can face different barriers... Remove barriers to mental well-being and mental health care... make campus support accessible. Mental health is a universal human right." - Brooklin

[Inclusion Canada @InclusionCA]

With today being #WorldMentalHealthDay, our very own Brooklin wrote a blog about her experience with mental health in university, and the different barriers that students with an intellectual disabilities face.

Read the blog: https://t.co/naWsOzP44p

[Selena Moon @SelenaMMoon]

@JessicaL_2022 @DisabledAcadem Finding other disabled students and/or people researching disability. And how hard it would be to find employment as a disabled person even with a degree.

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

These are my friends, mentors, and colleagues.

Nobody should be talked down to like this, no matter the subject matter. But this is especially true when people are engaging in democratic processes to tell Parliamentarians about how laws oppress them.

https://t.co/pXgsmo2OEY

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

@BCANDS1 Made this visual for @InclusionCA in 2020 - before C-7 was passed.

[Alexander Raikin @AlexanderRaikin]

What's going on with Canada's MAiD program? Let's ask the physicians in charge.

This piece took a long time to report. I interviewed 50+ people. I went over two years of training seminars. And it turns out, MAiD in Canada is seriously flawed https://t.co/wdl21N0ucN

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

@BCANDS1, Charlotte and I have more cake than our Tupperware can handle. Know any cake boys who can help? #cakegirls

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

@kurtgoddard @KristaCarrNB @igrantubc @InclusionCA @Acton5 @CatherineFrazee I truly have the best mentors in @igrantubc and @CatherineFrazee. Congrats to you both!

[Inclusion Canada @InclusionCA]

"In my view, the Expert Panel on MAID and Mental Illness did not meaningfully deliver on its responsibilities."

Ellen resigned from the federal expert panel on #MAiD because they would not consider the safeguards necessary to ensure #pwd and/or mental illness are protected.

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

@SoraurenPark Hi there, can you confirm whether Wall-E is on the 24th or the 27th?

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

@BCANDS1 Whoopsies!!

[Natalia Hicks @HicksNatalia]

@SarahJama_ You're so loved! That's so lovely!